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PIA News Service - Tuesday, April 24, 2012

DSWD Caraga calls on youths to apply for summer
jobs

By Leah T. Quintana

BUTUAN CITY, April 24 (PIA) -- The Department of
Social Welfare and Development is calling on interested students, college
graduates and graduates of vocational courses who are unemployed, to apply for
summer jobs under the Expanded Government Internship Program (GIP).

The GIP is also open for out-of-school youths
who would want to take part in nation-building.

The DSWD said that the Expanded GIP is part of
the Aquino administration’s efforts to strengthen youth participation in
nation-building, expose them to government service, train them on life skills,
and contribute to their economic well-being.

Interested applicants, aged 18 to 30 years old,
can go to the DSWD Caraga or City/Municipal Social Welfare and Development
(C/MSWD) offices to submit their applications together with a photocopy of
their birth certificates.

Under the program, qualified applicants may
start work immediately and has to complete 52 days of work. This means that
applicants can start anytime as long as they can complete the required days.

Qualified applicants can be assigned in the
regional office, or in the various C/MSWD offices including
centers/institutions. Interns will be asked to perform not only actual office
work but also assist in the implementation of the numerous DSWD programs and
projects. They may also do direct service through field work in communities
where DSWD programs and projects are implemented in partnership with local
government units.

Interns admitted into the program shall be
provided with stipend commensurate to the applicable minimum wage in the
region.

The actual internship program will start on May
2, 2012. The Caraga social welfare office has set a deadline for submission of
application on April 27, 2012 and will start the shortlisting tomorrow, April
25, 2012. All applications are subject to the screening of the field office.

The DSWD will be hiring 90,865 youths nationwide
with a budget allocation of more than P1.3 billion. In Caraga region, 3,179
youths will benefit the program with a budget of P42.6 million.

The DSWD still continues to implement the
regular GIP for 2012 with a budget allocation of P1.8 million for the stipend
of 340 youths nationwide.

The expansion of the program will allow the DSWD
to reach out to more youths. (NCLM/PIA-Caraga/DSWD-13)

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Midsea Express airlines now plies Tandag-Cebu
route

By Greg Tataro Jr.

TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, April 24 (PIA) –-
A booming economy, a burgeoning population, and a positive outlook can now
sustain plane flights in this province. The maiden flight of the Mid-Sea
Express from Tandag Airport to Cebu City was a success.

According to Antonio Haguisan Jr., general sales
agent (GSA), the 19-seater commercial aircraft had its flight on Saturday,
April 14.

Optimistic for a continued service with the
support of the people of Surigao, Haguisan said that the plane’s bi-weekly
flight schedule on Wednesday mornings and Saturday afternoons for
Cebu-Tandag-Cebu has a promo-fare of P1,999.

Tandag City Airport has not been in use for
about 10 years especially for commercial flights.

According to Civil Aviation Authority of the
Philippines (CCAP) here, Philippine Air Lines had its flight in late 90s bound
for Cebu; then The Asean Spirit commercial flights replaced PAL but it ceased
operations due to the few passengers that could not sustain the operations of
the airline. (NGBT/PIA-Surigao del Sur/Radyo Ng Bayan-Tandag)

Sa dihang gilaraw ang bag-ong kurikulom,
gikonsiderar sa Task Force K+12 dili lamang ang local nga mga kasinatian ug
pinakamaayong mga buhat apan lakip usab ang mga pagsabot gikan sa Southeast
Asian neighbors. “What we have is a curriculum proudly made for Filipinos by
Filipinos, and one that would enable any Filipino to compete with the best of
the world,” si Luistro mipasabot.

“While we are proud of the work we have done
with the curriculum, this is by no means a perfect document,” si Luistro
miingon. “We will closely monitor its implementation, and funnel learning and
insights to the development and roll-out of the succeeding grade levels. The
new basic education curriculum and the broader K+12 Program should only get
better with time.”